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Monthly Archives: October 2009
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
October 28, 2009 – 12:05 pm
Marquette- The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Downwind Sports, and Students Acting to Save Michigan Water will be hosting the national Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival this November. The festival will be a two night event, November 5th and 6th, in Jamrich 103 on the campus of Northern Michigan University.
The films address a range of [...]
South Road – Projected Pollution Corridor
October 23, 2009 – 4:32 pm
(Based on findings from the Red Dog Mine in Alaska)
A study done by the National Park Service in Alaska illustrates the dangers of the Kennecott South Haul Road. The Red Dog Mine in Alaska has a 51 mile haul road, and heavy metal pollution from Fugitive Dust flying off mining trucks has severely polluted the [...]
Over 575,000 Pounds of Toxics Discharged into Michigan’s Waterways
October 23, 2009 – 1:06 pm
Industrial facilities dumped 575,930 pounds of toxic chemicals into Michigan’s waterways, according to a report released today by Environment Michigan: Wasting Our Waterways: Industrial Toxic Pollution and the Unfulfilled Promise of the Clean Water Act. The report also finds that toxic chemicals were discharged in 1,900 waterways across all 50 states.
“While nearly half of the [...]
Road Commission Decision on South Road October 19
October 16, 2009 – 2:26 pm
Marquette County Road Commission Meeting
Monday, October 19, 2009
Ishpeming Township Hall (note location change)
6:30 pm
The MCRC will either vote to accept Kennecott’s Proposed South Road plan or defer the decision until a later meeting. At a public hearing held Sept 28, a group of 20 citizens voiced their concerns about the proposed route and urged the [...]
Ballot Initiative Moves Forward
October 16, 2009 – 2:05 pm
LANSING (AP)
A proposed Michigan ballot measure that would prohibit some types of mining and restrict others took a small step forward Wednesday.
The petition form submitted by a group called the Michigan Save Our Water Committee was approved by a state election board. The group would have to collect more than 300,000 valid signatures of Michigan [...]
Michigan DNR, DEQ are ordered to combine
October 9, 2009 – 1:38 pm
Friday, October 9, 2009
Mark Hornbeck / Detroit News Lansing Bureau
Lansing — Gov. Jennifer Granholm today issued an order to combine the departments of Natural Resources and Environmental Quality to create a Department of Natural Resources and Environment starting in January.
The department will be responsible for protecting, conserving and managing the state’s water, air and other [...]
Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival
October 9, 2009 – 1:09 pm
The Yellow Dog Watershed Preserve, Downwind Sports, and Students Acting to Save Michigan Water will be hosting the national Wild and Scenic Environmental Film Festival this November. The festival will be a two night event, November 5th and 6th, in Jamrich 103 on the campus of Northern Michigan University.
The films address a range of [...]
Kennecott’s South Road:Map and Public Hearing Minutes
October 1, 2009 – 2:57 pm
Please attend the regular County Road Commission meeting scheduled for Monday, October 19th, to voice your opinion on the public portion of the Kennecott Expressway. It will begin at 6:30 pm, at the Commission office in Ishpeming. (Turn right at Ralph’s Deli). There will be a shuttle bus from SWUP for the first eight people [...]
Wetlands program saved, but state budget cuts expected
October 1, 2009 – 2:47 pm
October 1, 2009
James Clift, 517-256-0553
Lansing – The legislature will return to Lansing today to put the final touches on a bill that will keep Michigan’s wetlands program running at the state level for an additional three years. Proposals had been made to send the program back to the federal government to operate on [...]